Image Archive: APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/ESO Image FeedenFri, 03 Jul 2015 16:00:05 +0200A solitary APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_002-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_002-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>APEX, a 12-metre telescope, used to observe light in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, is operated by ESO <span>at one of the highest observatory sites on Earth, at an elevation of 5100 metres, high on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama region.</span></p>
Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:00:05 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_002-cc/APEX at Chajnantorhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_001-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_001-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>A pleasingly symmetrical view of APEX on the Chajnantor plateau, peering directly upwards into a crystalline Chilean sky.</p>
Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:31:35 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_001-cc/APEX in an orbhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/shinny_future-1-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/shinny_future-1-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>APEX inverted and distorted by a glass orb.</p>
Wed, 27 May 2015 10:16:54 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/shinny_future-1-cc/APEX main beamhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-main-beam-3-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex-main-beam-3-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>An unusual atmospheric effect results in a shaft of light appearing to issue from APEX's upturned antenna. In fact, the two are not related.</p>
Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:13:27 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-main-beam-3-cc/APEX putting on a showhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/xmass_apex-5-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/xmass_apex-5-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>APEX puts on a light show in this long exposure shot.</p>
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:22:35 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/xmass_apex-5-cc/Wings for Science Fly Over APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1501a/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/potw1501a.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p dir="ltr">High on the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile’s Atacama region, at a breathtaking altitude of 5100 metres, ESO operates the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope, <a href="/public/teles-instr/apex.html">APEX</a>. APEX is a pathfinder for <a href="/public/teles-instr/alma.html">ALMA</a>, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a revolutionary new telescope that ESO, together with its international partners, has built close to APEX on the Chajnantor Plateau. APEX is based on a prototype 12-metre antenna constructed for the ALMA project, and it is finding many targets that ALMA will be able to study in greater detail.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This spectacular aerial image was taken in December 2012 by Clémentine Bacri and Adrien Normier, the two crew members of the non-profit organisation <a href="http://wingsforscience.com/" target="_blank">ORA Wings for Science project</a>, who are flying a special eco-friendly ultralight aeroplane on a year-long journey around the world. While on route, they help out scientists with aerial capabilities ranging from air sampling to archaeology, biodiversity observation and 3D terrain modelling.</p>
<p dir="ltr">ESO has an ongoing outreach partnership with <a href="http://wingsforscience.com/" target="_blank">ORA Wings for Science project</a>. Short movies and amazing pictures that are produced during the flights will be used for educational purposes and for promoting local research. Their circumnavigation started in June 2012 and finished in June 2013 with a landing at the Paris Air Show.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">More information</h3>
<p>APEX is a collaboration between the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO), and ESO, with operations of the telescope entrusted to ESO.</p>
<p>ALMA, an international astronomy facility, is a partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile. ALMA construction and operations are led on behalf of Europe by ESO, on behalf of North America by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and on behalf of East Asia by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). The Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO) provides the unified leadership and management of the construction, commissioning and operation of ALMA.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wingsforscience.com/" target="_blank">Wings for Science</a></li>
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Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:00:00 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1501a/APEX and the Cloudshttp://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_2346-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/dsc_2346-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The silhouette of the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX), is seen in this image. Right next door to it, the 66 antennas of the ALMA observatory are spread out.</p>
Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:58:05 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_2346-cc/ALMA and APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_2352-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/dsc_2352-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>This image shows the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX) on the right and the antennas of the ALMA observatory on the left.</p>
Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:30:07 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_2352-cc/APEX scratching the skyhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc85-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/dsc85-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>This image shows the dish of the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope seen perfectly from the side, including the starry sky.</p>
Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:39:31 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc85-cc/Sexy silhouettehttp://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_0688-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/dsc_0688-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>This silhouette shows the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope at sunset.</p>
Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:35:24 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/dsc_0688-cc/Moon Eclipsehttp://www.eso.org/public/images/eclipse_moon_valley-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/eclipse_moon_valley-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p><span class=" meta-field photo-desc ">The ALMA bus passes in front of the moon valley, while the eclipsed moon is setting. This image was taken from the APEX base camp.</span></p>
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:10:01 +0100http://www.eso.org/public/images/eclipse_moon_valley-cc/APEX at workhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_at_work-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_at_work-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The 12 metre dish of the APEX telescope is located on the Chajnantor plateau, which is also the site of the ALMA observatory. APEX was a pathfinder for <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/alma.html">ALMA</a> and is based on a prototype antenna constructed for the ALMA project.</p>
<p>As advantage of observing in the milimetre/submilimetre wavelengths, the telescope can also be used during daytime.</p>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:08:19 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_at_work-cc/The APEX control roomhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_control_room-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_control_room-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The APEX control room, at the Chajnantor plateau, seen at sunset.</p>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:26:26 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_control_room-cc/Calm after the stormhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/calm_after_storm2-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/calm_after_storm2-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>After a storm hit the Chajnantor plateau in the chilenean Atacama desert, the sky clears again, before the night breaks in.</p>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:16:37 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/calm_after_storm2-cc/APEX antennahttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_cerro_chico-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_cerro_chico-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The 12-metre dish of the APEX telescope is located on the Chajnantor plateau, which is also the site of the <span>Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)</span>. APEX was a pathfinder for <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/alma.html">ALMA</a> and is based on a prototype antenna constructed for the ALMA project.</p>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:30:47 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_cerro_chico-cc/APEX antennahttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_non_stop-cc/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_non_stop-cc.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>Separated from the other antennas of the ALMA Observatory, APEX stands lonely in the red dust of the Chajnantor plateau, 5000 metres above sea level.</p>
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:17:22 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_non_stop-cc/Snowy APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/winter_at_apex_duran/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/winter_at_apex_duran.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>A snowy, winter scene at <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/apex/">APEX – the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope</a>. A 12-m telescope, ESO operates APEX <span>at one of the highest observatory sites on Earth, at an elevation of 5100 metres, high on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama region.</span></p>
Thu, 08 May 2014 13:34:24 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/winter_at_apex_duran/Bonfire at APEX/Sequitorhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/medita_apex_duran/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/medita_apex_duran.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>Bonfire at <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/about-eso/travel/apexsequitor/">APEX/Sequitor</a> b<span>ase, located nearby San Pedro de Atacama in Chile, the workplace of the astronomers and support staff running APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment. </span></p>
Thu, 08 May 2014 13:33:18 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/medita_apex_duran/APEX Mosaichttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_mosaic_duran/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex_mosaic_duran.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>APEX, the <span>Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope – <span>a 12-metre diameter telescope, high on the Chajnantor Plateau, 5000m above sea level in Chile’s Atacama region. <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/photo-ambassadors/#duran">ESO Photo Ambassador, Carlos Duran</a> captured this sequence at different times at the site to form a mosaic.</span></span></p>
Thu, 08 May 2014 13:25:30 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex_mosaic_duran/The ArTeMiS cryostat in position at APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1341b/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/eso1341b.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The ArTeMiS cryostat installed in the APEX telescope on the Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile. ArTeMiS is a new wide-field submillimetre-wavelength camera that will be a major addition to APEX’s suite of instruments and further increase the depth and detail that can be observed. The new generation detector array of ArTeMIS acts more like a CCD camera than the previous generation of detectors. This will let wide-field maps of the sky be made faster and with many more pixels.</p>
Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1341b/Harsh conditions at the APEX control buildinghttp://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1341c/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/eso1341c.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>The ArTeMiS team shovel snow to get into the APEX control building on the Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile. In the foreground is Laurent Clerc, in the middle are Jérôme Martignac (left) and François Visticot (right), and in the background by the door to the building is Yannick Le Pennec. You can compare these photos with a <a href="/public/images/dsc_0079/">view of the building under more normal conditions</a>.</p>
Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:00:00 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1341c/APEX Outside Distant Panoramahttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-out-dist-pan/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex-out-dist-pan.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>In the distance of this 360 degree panorama image the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) can be seen. APEX is a 12-metre diameter antenna located at an altitude of 5100 metres, on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama region. The antenna observes the Universe at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths.</p>
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:03:42 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-out-dist-pan/Panorama outside APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-outside-pano/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apex-outside-pano.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>This 360 degree panorama shows the surroundings of APEX, the Atacama<span> Pathfinder Experiment telescope on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile's Atacama region, 5,100 metres above sea level. APEX is observing the cold and distant Universe for astronomers. At one of the highest observatory sites on the planet, the weather conditions are extreme.</span></p>
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:52:57 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apex-outside-pano/The Shadow of APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/flickr-duran_0195/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/flickr-duran_0195.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>A stunning image of the shadow cast by the APEX telescope.</p>
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:23:48 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/flickr-duran_0195/Snow and APEXhttp://www.eso.org/public/images/apexicebw-ramiro/
<img src="http://cdn.eso.org/images/news/apexicebw-ramiro.jpg" border="0" align="left" /><p>This chilly image gives a clue to some of the sub-zero conditions that ESO's telescopes work in. </p>
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:42:10 +0200http://www.eso.org/public/images/apexicebw-ramiro/